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Friday, December 22, 2017

This week, a special Christmas episode of the podcast. We talk to Elinborg about Christmas in the Faroe Islands and about her new Christmas single. Then we'll hear the song and we'll all get a bit misty.

Friday, November 17, 2017

This week, we talk to Faroese bodybuilder Jórun Mørkøre. She is currently the only female bodybuilder in the Faroe Islands, but that hasn't kept her from taking top honors in Europe and even competing at the world championships in Boston.

We'll talk to Jorun just before she leaves to compete in the USA and talk about the rigorous and sometimes lonely process of training for an international competition.

After that we'll stand in Torshavn and reflect on the changes in the Faroese capitol over the last year.

Sunday, October 29, 2017

While Halloween in the Faroe Islands isn't quite as big as it in in the USA, it's becoming more popular.

On this podcast, we revisit the most popular recording we've ever made: the sound from the haunted tunnels near Klaksvik in 2010. Do we hear ghosts on that recording? Well... listen to the show and make your own call.

Then we'll visit a Halloweeen party in 2017 and learn what is truly scary in our current age.

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

This week, we talk to Scott Harrington. He was the coach of the Faroe Islands Women's Handball team and will soon be an assistant coach for the Chinese women's team. We talk about his time in the Faroes and the future of handball in the Faroe Islands.

Then we play around with the awesome new Translate Faroe Islands site. The site allows you to enter a sentence in English, Spanish, or French, then, moments later, you get a video of a Faroese person saying that sentence in Faroese. Have we mentioned it's super cool? Well, it is and you should all spend the rest of the day playing around with it.

And, of course, we're still raising money to fund our next season of the podcast. If you are able, visit our fundraising page and toss us a few bucks. We are very close to reaching our goal.

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

No, operators aren't standing by to take your call,and the podcast isn't going on for 36 hours straight until we either reach our goal or the host loses his mind. Instead, we're raising a few bucks to help us record the next season of podcasts.

We're traveling to the Faroes to record stories during the dark and soggy autumn months, and to cover the HOYMA festival in Gota. If you can spare a little something, please donate here to help us make more shows.

On our short podcast, we talk about the fundraising campaign and then walk around an industrial estate outside Torshavn. Will we bump into a friend while standing on the side of the road? Listen to find out. (Hint: yes)

Sunday, September 10, 2017

This week, we talk to Mikael Blak. Blak is perhaps the most sought-after bass player in the Faroe Islands and he plays with so many bands he has a hard time naming them all. We talk about the difference between playing jazz and punk, growing up in a musical family, and the absurdly large musical output from this tiny country.

Then we duck into a library to get dry.

As always, you can listen on Apple Podcasts, on Stitcher Smart Radio, Google Play, and anywhere quality podcasts are given away freely. You can also download the show directly here.

Sunday, July 23, 2017

Five years ago, we met the Olsen siblings (pictured, above) who were celebrating their combined 1,000th birthday.

This week we learn about one man's successful campaign to get the Olsen siblings into the Guinness Book of World Records. We'll also listen to an interview we did with the youngest sibling and pay tribute to two of the siblings who recently died.

As always, you can listen on Apple Podcasts, on our media player at the top of the page, or on Stitcher Smart Radio. You can also download the show directly here.

Friday, June 23, 2017

This week, our good friend Heri Simonsen talks to Maurice Ross. Ross is a Scottish football (soccer) manager who is coaching the united Suduroy team, which merges three clubs on the southern island. While the three teams individually haven't had much success in the upper division of Faroese football, the merged team currently sits at fourth place in the EFFO league.

Then we'll hear some music from one of our favorite artists: Marius. He'll play "Shades", then we'll listen for a curious applause pattern common in the Faroe Islands.

Thursday, June 15, 2017

This week, we travel back to Nolsoy to visit a cafe that has turned the small island of Nolsoy into a music destination.

Maggie's is actually located in the basement of a house on the island, and would seem like an unlikely place for a music venue. But, like so many other things on the Faroe Islands, it works brilliantly anyway.

We'll talk to the bar's owner and listen to some music and basically have a lot of fun.

As always, you can listen on Apple Podcasts, on Stitcher Smart Radio, on the media player at the top of the page, or you can download the show directly here.

If you're interested in seeing the top-notch music lineup for this summer, you can see it here.

Thursday, May 25, 2017

We've been doing this show for more than 8 years, and one thing we've learned is that the most popular podcasts are either about whales or gay rights. (Polish authors falsely claiming to be Faroese also do well, but that's another story.) So for years, the goal has been to do a podcast about gay whales because it would, we assume, produce amazing download numbers. This week, we find out if that's true.

On this episode, we talk to Eiler Fagraklett, the head of LGBT Foroyar about a children's book that features a whale that is... well... probably gay. We can't say for sure but, you know, probably. We'll read from the book and then talk briefly bout the state of LGBT rights in the Faroe Islands.

After that, we'll visit the newest tunnel in the Faroe Islands and see if its haunted. (Hint: it's not)

Thursday, May 11, 2017

On this week's show, we attend a World Cup soccer (or football, if you're not American) match in Torshavn, The Faroe Islands took on Hungary in a surprisingly competitive match. We meet up with Skansin, the supporter's group for the national team, and march to the stadium before watching the match on a windy September evening.

Monday, April 24, 2017

On this week's podcast, we thumb a ride to a World Cup qualifying football (soccer) match in Torshavn after unsuccessfully trying to take the bus to the stadium. The whole thing ends up with two grown men eating ice cream in the rain.

We also talk a bit about the recent international success various Faroese national teams have been having in recent months, including a stunning victory by the U17 football team (see video above).

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Last November, we discussed the curious case of Ove Logmansbo. He claimed to be a half-Polish, half-Faroese author who set a trio of crime novels in his "native" Faroe Islands. The books, written in Polish, contained some serious factual errors that suggested Ove wasn't who he said he was and that he may not have ever been to the Faroes.

This week, it was revealed that Ove Logmansbo is actually Remigiusz Mroz, a famous Polish author who has written 30 books. And yes, he had never been to the Faroes before writing his three Ove Logmansbo books. But he made his first trip to the Faroe Islands this week, and it did not go as planned.

On our show, Heri Simonsen confronts Remi (in a polite Faroese way) about the inaccuracies in his books and the errors in how he portrayed the Faroe Islands and Faroese people. Then Heri and Matthew Workman talk about Remi's answers and the limits of fiction set in a real place.

We end with original music from Bryn Lidel. He's a musician from Portland, Oregon who wrote a song inspired by the Faroes.

Monday, January 30, 2017

From the very start, we've been interested in tourism in the Faroe Islands. In fact one of our first guests on the show was the head of the organization now known as Visit Faroe Islands. And every couple of years, we like to check in with the head of VFI to see how things are going. Unlike in previous years, tourism officials aren't thinking as much about how to bring lots of people to the Faroes so much as how to accommodate the ones that are coming in record numbers. And some are even asking a question that would have seemed unthinkable when this show started eight years ago: how much tourism is too much?

We'll discuss those questions with Guðrið Højgaard, the head of Visit Faroe Islands about the increased tourism volume, and the Sheep View campaign that made headlines around the world.

We'll also talk about the Faroe Islands U21 Handball Team's qualifying for the world championships this summer. If you want to see the winning, match, it's here.

Past guests & shows

Episode 8:

In this special edition of the podcast, we travel to Portland, Oregon to talk with the leader of Faroese metal band Tyr. We also ask some people in line what they know about the Faroes, and take a drive to the bottom of the ocean.

Guest: Heri Joensen

Episode 7:

In this mini-podcast, we hear the remainder of Jenny's interview, get an update on a Danish reality program, and get a preview of next week's special podcast.

Guest: Jennifer Henke

Episode 6:

In episode six, we speak with an American woman who splits her time between San Francisco and the Faroes. We also meet a Faroese musician who won the right to play at South by Southwest in Austin. And we take a stroll among the trees (what few there are) in Torshavn.

Guests: Jennifer Henke and Høgni Lisberg

Episode 5:

In this episode, we hear about the Faroese music scene, learn about a pivotal moment in Faroese history, and listen to the Law Thing.

Guests: Jón Tyril and Hans Andrias Sølvará

Episode 4:

In episode four, we get a lesson in the history of Faroese politics, learn about a TV series being shot in the Faroes, and take a trip to the airport.

Guest: Hans Andrias Sølvará

Episode 3:

In this episode, we learn about the upcoming G! Festival, talk to the woman responsible for attracting tourists to the Faroe Islands, and stand in the center of Torshavn.

Guest: Elin Brimheim Heinesen

Episode 2:

In the second edition of the podcast, we debunk some common myths about the Faroe Islands, take a walk through the mall, and try once more to pronounce the word "Torshavn."

Guest: Michael Paul Reveal

Episode 1:

In this first edition of the Faroe Islands Podcast, we hear a little news about the Faroes, get some background on the islands, and hear a field recording taken in Torshavn. That, and the host mispronounces some Faroese words.